A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor（教授）．They talked about their troubles in work and life．After the professor had offered his（A）guests a drink he went into the kitchen and returned with a（B）big pot（壶）of coffee and some cups--porcelain（瓷的），plastic，glass，crystal（水晶的），some plain-looking（普通的），some beautiful，some expensive．The professor let them（C）随便喝些咖啡．

When all his students had a cup in hand，he said：“I don’t know if you noticed it，but when all the nice-looking expensive cups were taken up，the plain and cheap ones were（D）_________ behind．While it is normal（非常的）for you to want only the best for yourselves，that is the source（根源）of your problems and stress（压力）．”

“（E）You really wanted coffee instead of the cup，but you went for the best cups and were eyeing each other's cups to see if they were better．”

Just think about this：Life is the coffee，and jobs，money and titles are the cups．（F）They are only tools to hold and contain Life，and do not change the quality（质量）of Life．Sometimes，by concentrating（集中）only on the cup，we（G）_______ to enjoy the coffee．So don't let the cups drive you，enjoy the coffee instead．

1．分别写出（A）和（B）处的同义或近义词_________ _________

2．将（C）处译成英语_____________________________________________

3．在（D）和（G）处分别填上适当的单词_________ _________

4．将（E）处句子进行改写What you really wanted was _________ the cup，_________ coffee．

5．指出（F）处在文中所指代的内容_________

A Hello Kitty

The famous cartoon character known as Hello Kitty was created by Japanese company Sanrio in 1974 and quickly became a pop cultural phenomenon (现象) through a series of animated television shows. This collection of the Hello Kitty series includes five volumes for a total of 25 episodes, such as Hello Kitty Tells Fairy Tales, Hello Kitty Plays Pretend.

B Sesame Street

Elmo runs across a Magic Cookbook and sets free a Genie that lives inside. Together, Elmo and the Genie explore the fun world of cooking and making food, with the help from Emeril Lagasse and Heather Headley, who show tips on making pizzas and pocket foods.

C Sing and Dance With Barney

Barney has planned a very special singalong party and invited many of his friends, old and new. The group enjoys singing their all-time (一向的) favorites, while being transported to magical places. It has over 55 minutes of singing and dancing.

D Blue’s Clues

Steve and Blue explore the worlds of math and reading as they help each other with familiar activities. Viewers are invited to join in the counting, reading, adding and subtracting.

(　 )81. Robert studies in an art school. Not only does he like singing, but he is good at dancing. This weekend he is going to see a film about singing and dancing.

(　 )82. Lena is a lovely girl who is only ten years old. In her spare time she likes watching cartoon. Among all the cartoon characters she likes Hello Kitty best.

(　 )83. Philip, a clever student, likes science very much. He is especially interested in computer and robot. He wishes he could be an astronaut in the future.

(　 )84. Nancy shows special interest in cooking. At home she often watches her mother cooking in the kitchen room. Besides, Nancy loves seeing films about fairy tales.

(　 )85. 选择下列可以完成对话的选项

---Hi，Kate，you look so worried．What’s the matter?

--- ____________I’ve got a headache，a runny nose and a sore throat.

A. Do you have a fever?　　　　　　 B. I’m not feeling well.

C. But you’d better go to see a doctor.　 D. How long have you been like this?

    A lady has a problem with her daughter.

    My daughter Maria is a girl of nine years old, She is in Year Four. Every evening we get into homework battles（争执）． Three afternoons a week, she has activities (net-ball, singing) after school and by the time we get home, homework is the last thing she feels like doing. The other two days, she gets home early and we argue（争论）about whether she should do her homework right after school, or if she should have some time to rest and play first. When Maria at last sits down to do her homework, she seems to want me there helping all the time. I do want to help her, but I'm sure that she is going to need to be able to do it on her own. And in fact, most of the time, I have other things I need to be doing. It seems that children these days have much more homework than we did, and some of it is really beyond（超越） their abilities（能力）． As you can see, I'm really worried about homework and I really don't know what I should do. Any ideas?

39. The woman's daughter is_______.

    A. four years old        B. six years old     C. eight years old   D. nine years old

40. Maria doesn't have any activities after school for _______ afternoons.

      A. two                      B. three              C. five                D. seven

41. Maria wants to_______ first when she gets home early.

    A. do her homework                               B. play netball and sing

    C. have supper                                              D. have a rest and play.

42. The woman thinks that her daughter should do her homework_______.

    A. by herself                                          B. with the mother

    C. with the father                                   D. with the classmates

43. Can you guess where this passage is from?

    A. A diary.                    B. A newspaper.     C. A novel（小说）．    D. A story.

In a school some trouble was caused by the students. They are very naughty and didn't obey the school rules.They often fought with each other and they didn't forgive each other. One day a new teacher came to this school. When he heard that, he came up with a good idea.

He told each of his students to bring a clear plastic bag and a bag of potatoes to school. For every person they didn't want to forgive in their lives, they chose a potato, wrote the person's name on it, and put it in the plastic bag.

Some of their bags were very heavy. They were then told to carry this bag with them everywhere for one week. They would put it beside their bed at night, on the seat when sitting in a car or on a bus, and next to their desk at school. Days of carrying the bags around with them made students get to know what a weight they were carrying in their minds. * And they had to pay attention to it all the time so they didn't forget it or leave it in embarrassing (令人难堪的) places. As time passed by, the potatoes went bad and smelt nasty.

Too often we think of tolerance as a gift to other people, and it clearly is for ourselves! * If we choose to keep our sadness and hatred (仇恨) in our hearts, we will have to carry them around all our lives. After that, the students got on well with each other and didn't fight anymore. Learn to forgive (原谅), and you will be happier at the same time.

( )76．The new teacher asked the students to bring _____________to school.

　 A. a clear plastic bag of potatoes　 B. a clear plastic bag and a potato

　 C. some clear plastic bags of potatoes　 D. a clear plastic bag and a bag of potatoes

( )77. They wrote the person's name on the potato, who_____________.

　 A. they liked　 B. they didn't forgive　 C. hated them　 D. liked them

( )78. The underlined word “tolerance” means

　 A. 感恩　　 B. 宽容　 C.　 仇恨　 　　　 D. 憎恨

( )79. From this passage we can know that _____________.

　 A. we should learn to forgive　 B. we should know something about potatoes

　 C. we shouldn't use plastic bags　 D. we should take potatoes to school

( )80. Which of following is NOT true?

A. Tolerance is a gift for other people and ourselves.

B. Carrying a bag of potatoes made the students embarrassed.　

C. The students had to take bags of potatoes with them everywhere.　

D. The students had to take bags of potatoes with them for about two weeks.

This is a talk by a London taxi driver.
"I've been a taxi driver for nearly ten years. Most London taxi drivers have their own taxis."
"It's a nice job most of time. you meet a lot of people. I always work at night, because there is too much traffic during the day. I live twenty miles (英里) outside London and I go to work at 5:30 in the afternoon."
"I usually go home between 2 and 3 in the morning."
"Some very strange things happened late at night .The other day I was taking a woman home from a party .She had her little dog with her. When we got to her house, she found that she had lost her key. So I waited in the car with the dog while she climbed in through the windows."
"I waited and waited. After half an hour of ringing the bell I decided to find out what was going on . I tied the dog to a tree and started to climb in through the window. The next thing I knew was that the police came. They thought I was a thief(小偷).
Luckily the woman came downstairs. She must have gone to sleep and forgotten about me and the dog!"
【小题1】.The driver always worked at night because it was easier to _____.